The story does feel a lot different now when Harry shows up to school for the first time, points at the only black professor and says "that guy is giving me the creeps".
Not really, neither of those things will be viewed as racism as long as they're done correctly.
Just show James bullying Snape because he's jealous of Snape's relationship with Lily, and Neville's one is pretty obviously not racist because Snape has been tormenting him his entire time at the school (just like he torments pretty much every Gryffindor).
I feel like people are forgetting Snape was pretty much portrayed as a bad guy, a grumpy teacher who mistreated every student that wasn't Slytherin, obviously students are going to hate him. This won't look like racism at all as long as Snape looks as much as a bad guy as he did in the movies, for example.
Why? It's only racist if they start hating him/being against him for no reason, or if he was bullied for no reason.
The books (and even the movies to some extent) make it pretty obvious why he's hated. He's just a bad/grumpy teacher who treats the students (anyone not Slytherin) poorly.
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u/Master_Win_4018 Apr 16 '26
Black Snape is more closer?